trouble using EBT card in cali? how about debit card? I was given food stamps with a amount of ? on

today i went to use the cash portion of my ebt card as usual on the 2nd as i go to the register the lady before me using arrowhead credit union card
was decline due to system failure i go up to the cashier and ask him any problems with the card reader he states only with state funded cards but he
said this just started and lets go ahead and try my card he runs my card and it approves for food stamps even though i dont get them till the 4th but
i only have cash available when i call and check balance but zero on food stamps and i just used it and it approved for 98 dollars in food stamps
anybody having this issue because this has never happened they have never let me use this card with nothing on it i believe this is going to be a big
problem to fix because if i used it with a amount of 0 how many others are there ?

I wouldn't use it again until you check up on it. If you go over an amount and they figure out the flaw then they will get their money back from
you. Your following months may come up shorter than usual until they get what you over-drafted back.

sounds like your being snarky and trying to out the OP on where they are from...really rude of you if that was
your motive

As far as the question the OP asked...No have not heard that this is happening around here I have a couple nieces who are on the EBT program here in
southern Cali.(I'm visiting here on vacation)...best answer I read so far is either its like that because of the holiday or there is a glitch and for
you to call your worker...BTW don't take to heart all the snarky comments this is hard times for many folks and most of us do understand that it
doesn't mean you are leaching off the system, it just means you are trying to do what you have to do to feed your family and keep your head above
water...take care and God Bless you and yours.

Oh you didn't start a thread about you using a food stamp card on ATS did you? Oh how I pity the flaming and hate that is about to be sent your way.
Don't worry, not everyone here will think that you are the lowest life form on the face of the Earth for needing some assistance just to eat in the
greatest nation.

But listen to the other posters, contact the department that handles your EBT card. You need to be very pro active on your end lest they think that
somehow you did something fraudulent and you end up losing all benefits permanently for a simple mistake.

OP apparently the EBT glitches are a common occurrence everywhere all of the time. Don't sweat it. You can call the hotline, but you can be sure
they are flooded with calls. You have better things to do with your time on this earth rather then sitting on hold waiting for a representative to
get to you.

well california has put me on ebt when my wife got disabled from a stroke and needed full time care. Instead of putting me and my kids on her
disability they made me a welfare recipient. You see they put cash on the card on the 2nd then food stamps on the 4th to answer someones ? i did not
just blatantly try to use my card with no funds the cashier ran it as he wanted and never i mean never has it allowed me to purchase anything with no
funds in the appropriate area, also arrowhead credit union is a bank that has many banks not in arrowhead the lady before me had state funded money on
her card as well... really not the point just seen something that i wanted to inform you all about thanks

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